It’s been a long seven years since Uberthons last staged a race at the Portland International Raceway, and seeing as how I missed the previous race, I’ve been bugging the race directors for a long time about returning there. It finally happened on October 6 with the simply named “Portland 5K.” Participants were able to name their own price, starting at $1. But this wasn’t a no frills race; it was the usual Uberthons experience,…
Okay, here is the deal. I ran my first 5K race back in October 2011, which was just a month or two after Uberthons staged one of their first races ever, at the Portland International Raceway. I have since drooled at the thought of a flat, fast race course. I even ran the Uberthons Scrub Derby Run at Portland Meadows, which was most definitely not a fast course (for humans, anyway). But now, Uberthons is finally…
Here at Run Oregon, we usually preview races about 2-4 weeks ahead of time, so I’m jumping the gun by about 11 months. But I’m totally amped about this race, because I have been waiting for years – literally – for local race organizer Uberthons to stage a return to the Portland International Raceway, and it’s finally going to happen on Oct. 6, 2018, with the new Fast on Flat event! A little background: Uberthons…
It’s no secret that the Ducks vs Beavers rivalry is a fun competition in Oregon, which ramps up during “rivalry week” before the Ducks vs Beavers “Civil War” game on November 27. The Ducks vs Beavers Rivalry Clash adds another fun event to the pre-game tailgating with a 5k/10k run at Portland International Raceway on Sunday, November 22.
